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economy of a company like boeing making great planes. and they do make great planes. they make the best planes in the world. they have the best aircraft workers in the world in washington. they wanted to re-negotiate a labor contract a couple years ahead of its expiration. the state of washington was willing to give $9 billion in tax incentives, the largest in the history of the state by far to keep boeing there. and it's not like boeing is in debt. $4 billion in profits last year. good stock price, all of those orders as you indicate, and what i see this becoming, unfortunately, is a race to the bottom. and that's not a race that we want our workers to be in. that's not ultimately a race that's going to be good for the u.s. economy. >> doesn't question come up about boeing's quality because the work force is there in seattle, all of the infrastructure, when i say infrastructure, i'm talking about all of the guts that are put together to put an aircraft like this together. this is going to have to be major facility construction in these other states that simply can't
economy of a company like boeing making great planes. and they do make great planes. they make the best planes in the world. they have the best aircraft workers in the world in washington. they wanted to re-negotiate a labor contract a couple years ahead of its expiration. the state of washington was willing to give $9 billion in tax incentives, the largest in the history of the state by far to keep boeing there. and it's not like boeing is in debt. $4 billion in profits last year. good stock...
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and had a ripple effect through the economy where it turned things around. so when i talk about jobs and when i talk about commitment and infrastructure, and investment in america, this guy has had it right all along. au all the way back to 2009. and is here we are in almost 2014, and all the republicans could do is be against the working folk of america? merry christmas. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. will republicans ever admit saving the automobile industry was the right thing to do? text a. for yes, text b. for no to 67622. you can always go to our blog at ed.msnbc.com. we'll bring the results later in the show. i'm still waiting for the story on fox. they ought to be jumping up and down underneath the christmas tree, saying, we're out of the car business! we're finally done. it's over oh. whew. we dodged that bullet. no more obama motors. for more, let me bring in the mayor of lancing michigan, and leo gerard. great to have you with us tonight. >> happy to be here. >> i know you're busting at the seams, beca
and had a ripple effect through the economy where it turned things around. so when i talk about jobs and when i talk about commitment and infrastructure, and investment in america, this guy has had it right all along. au all the way back to 2009. and is here we are in almost 2014, and all the republicans could do is be against the working folk of america? merry christmas. get your cell phones out. i want to know what you think. tonight's question. will republicans ever admit saving the...
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but we're at a point in our economy with income inequality in america. there's a lot of folks out there that flat out need a raise to lift them out of the poverty zone. you know, people in this country right now are not in the library. they're out in the street. and the national fast food strike that unfolded this week in 130 cities across the country, i think, is a message to our congress, you better wake up. the people are way ahead of you on this. fast food workers, what they did, is that they staged -- they staged a massive protest on thursday, calling for a liveable wage. thousands of protests, and roughly 130 cities around the country went on strike to protest the minimum wage, which stands at $7.25 an hour in this country. you know, folks, this is the largest wave of protests in the history of the fast food industry. workers, basically, are fed up. their demands are very simple. he they want to live a decent life while working hard a full-time job. but many are part time that don't qualify for benefits. many of them are just asking for 15 bucks an
but we're at a point in our economy with income inequality in america. there's a lot of folks out there that flat out need a raise to lift them out of the poverty zone. you know, people in this country right now are not in the library. they're out in the street. and the national fast food strike that unfolded this week in 130 cities across the country, i think, is a message to our congress, you better wake up. the people are way ahead of you on this. fast food workers, what they did, is that...
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health care working better, a lot of people signing up, economy continuing to strengthen, hopefully no washington shutdowns. ♪ >> first impression here was terrible. >> i think there's going to be a lot of negative surprises as to what they're able to enroll in. >> give my creation life! >> i think it's going to be an unfolding disaster for the president. ♪ >> so i still think the foundations of this plan have some of the same kinds of problems that the rollout has had. but they're fundamental, very hard to overcome. and unfortunately, as people enroll -- >> you can't handle the truth! >> it may take until 2017 when this president leaves office. you're going to see almost every state in this country running their own exchanges eventually and expanding medicaid. and i think it will work really well then. ♪ >>> good to have you with us want to, folks. thanks for watching. hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving holiday. ooh, nellie, we had some football games over the weekend, didn't we? you know, there really is no greater rivalry than alabama-auburn. you know, alabama has been awes
health care working better, a lot of people signing up, economy continuing to strengthen, hopefully no washington shutdowns. ♪ >> first impression here was terrible. >> i think there's going to be a lot of negative surprises as to what they're able to enroll in. >> give my creation life! >> i think it's going to be an unfolding disaster for the president. ♪ >> so i still think the foundations of this plan have some of the same kinds of problems that the rollout...
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we do a lot of economic development issues, working with local businesses, and trying to expand the economy, education programs and what not. so -- but the reality is, this schedule looks nothing like the nancy pelosi speakership schedule that we used to have. i mean, we were working four or five days a week, week after week after week. passing legislation, getting things done. so the only thing that concerns me more than us not being here is the fact that when we are here, we're not getting anything done. like the end a bill and other things we should be passing here. we're not doing anything while we're here. >> speaker boehner says that they're there to prevent bad laws from getting passed. what's your response to that? >> well, i mean, look at the -- employee oh nondiscrimination act bill. we haven't even acted upon that. you know, that's a good piece of legislation that supports the founding principles of our country, but no time to act on that. we need a transportation bill. to get people back to work, reinvest back into the united states. we need a budget, for god sake, and we can't
we do a lot of economic development issues, working with local businesses, and trying to expand the economy, education programs and what not. so -- but the reality is, this schedule looks nothing like the nancy pelosi speakership schedule that we used to have. i mean, we were working four or five days a week, week after week after week. passing legislation, getting things done. so the only thing that concerns me more than us not being here is the fact that when we are here, we're not getting...